Today's links: Money funds! Soccer fans! Spiders!

The Securities and Exchange Commission may soon roll out new regulations for money market mutual funds, at least those used by institutional investors. The rules would abolish the constant $1-a-share price for money funds and put limits on the amount investors could withdraw in times of stress, according to the Wall Street Journal.

House price increases should slow this year, but sales should pick up, says Calculated Risk. In Phoenix, a key distressed market, sales are down 11%, and cash sales – typically investors – are down 40% year over year.